the rain slides down the window

the same shade as the gray sky

reflecting the shadows of my heart

i fit any box but each dries me up more

behind, the dark mountains loom

as unreachable as my lost happiness

raindrops are wiped away and fall again, unending

nothing ever stays

there’s more but i shut my mouth

emotion i cannot give voice to

i give up again, silent cracks.

they deepen within my mind, aching, yawning open

every day the mountains crumble

bowing under the weight of ancient water

their own weight and the merciless onslaught of wind

but unlike the earth i am a dead planet

no heat in my core to keep the world moving